Here's a review we would never have anticipated — from Digital Camera Review: "Light Modifiers: An Analysis and Field Guide."

Site administrator David Rasnake and NotebookReview.com editor Jerry Jackson ran the Lightscoop through its paces right alongside external flash units and diffusers made for them.

Direct from the article: "The Lightscoop is the one modifier in our group designed for use not with an external flash, but with the camera's built-in unit... The biggest surprise of the group, in our minds, is just how much this unit did to provide a natural, uniform exposure when compared to direct pop-up flash. Though it requires (per manufacturer's instructions) a flash power boost to light things up sufficiently, results are really quite good when price is factored in, as there's no need to buy an external flash unit."

About that Flash Exposure Compensation boost... per my research with the camera manufacturers, that +1 or +2, when available, is forcing more light from the flash... that's it. Using flash compensation simply exploits the cameras' potential. It's NOT the same as + or - Exposure Compensation, which over- or under-exposes an image.